Syntax error Order By Length of Column in MySQL

Order By Length of Column in MySQL

To order by length of column in MySQL, use ORDER BY LENGTH.

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable715 (UserMessage varchar(100));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Aw');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.49 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awe');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('A');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awes');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesom');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesome');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable715;

This will produce the following output -

+-------------+
| UserMessage |
+-------------+
| Aw          |
| Awe         |
| A           |
| Awes        |
| Awesom      |
| Awesome     |
+-------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to order by length of column −

mysql> select *from DemoTable715 order by length(UserMessage);

This will produce the following output -

+-------------+
| UserMessage |
+-------------+
| A           |
| Aw          |
| Awe         |
| Awes        |
| Awesom      |
| Awesome     |
+-------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-08-22T07:12:25+05:30

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